Iran will grant UN inspectors "managed access" to a uranium mine and a heavy water plant within three months as part of a co-operation pact reached on Monday aimed at allaying international concern about Tehran's nuclear programme.

The United Nations atomic energy watchdog and Iran on Monday signed a joint statement on future cooperation to resolve remaining nuclear issues.
The agreement is a step towards resolving concerns of the International Atomic Energy

Iran has invited several ambassadors accredited to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna to tour its nuclear facilities, a senior European diplomat in Brussels told Reuters on Monday.
The move comes just weeks before a second ro

Iran would strike back at Israeli weapons manufacturing sites and nuclear installations if the Jewish state attacks the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities, Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
Israel has not